Flag of China

Name: Wǔ-xīng Hóng Qí ("Five-starred Red Flag")Use: Civil and state flag, civil and state ensignProportion: 2:3Adopted: 27 September 1949Design: A large golden star within an arc of four smaller golden stars, in the canton, on a field of red.Designed by: Zeng Liansong

The flag of China, also known as the Five-starred Red Flag, is a red field charged in the canton (upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden stars. The design features one large star, with four smaller stars in a semicircle set off towards the fly (the side farthest from the flag pole). The red represents the communist revolution; the five stars and their relationship represent the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The first flag was hoisted by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on a pole overlooking Beijing's Tiananmen Square on 1 October 1949, at a ceremony announcing the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

Other flags used in the People's Republic use a red background to symbolize the revolution in conjunction with other symbols. The flag of the People's Liberation Army uses the gold star with the Chinese characters 8-1 (for 1 August, the date of the PLA's founding). The flag of the Communist Party of China replaces all of the stars with the party emblem. Due to government regulations, cities and provinces of China cannot have their own flags; the only sub-national flags that exist are those of the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions. Despite this, at least two cities have adopted flags after the law was passed. The cities of Kaifeng and Shangrao adopted their flags in March 2006 and March 2009 respectively. This implies that the law is either repealed or not enforced.

People's Republic of China

中华人民共和国(Chinese)Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó(Pinyin)

Flag

National Emblem

Anthem:

"March of the Volunteers"义勇军进行曲Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ

Area controlled by the People's Republic of China shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.

Capital

Beijing39°55′N116°23′E / 39.917°N 116.383°E / 39.917; 116.383

Largest city

Shanghai

Official languages

Standard Chinese

Recognised regional languages

Mongolian

Uyghur

Tibetan

Zhuang

various others

Official script

Simplified Chinese

Ethnic groups

91.51% Han

55 minorities

1.30% Zhuang

0.86% Man (Manchu)

0.79% Uygur (Uyghur)

0.79% Hui

0.72% Miao

0.65% Yi

0.62% Tujia

0.47% Mongol

0.44% Zang (Tibetan)

0.26% Buyei

0.15% Chosen (Korean)

1.05% others

Religion

See Religion in China

Demonym(s)

Chinese

Government

Unitary one-party socialist republic

• Party General Secretaryand President

Xi Jinping

• Premier

Li Keqiang

• Congress Chairman

Li Zhanshu

• Conference Chairman

Wang Yang

• First Secretary of the Party Secretariat

Wang Huning

• Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission

Zhao Leji

• First Vice Premier

Han Zheng

• Vice President

Wang Qishan

Legislature

National People's Congress

Formation

• First pre-imperial dynasty

c. 2070BCE

• First imperial dynasty

221 BCE

• Republic established

1 January 1912

• Proclamation of the People's Republic

1 October 1949

• Current constitution

4 December 1982

• Last polity admitted

20 December 1999

Area

• Total

9,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi) (3rd/4th)

• Water (%)

2.8%

Population

• 2016 estimate

1,403,500,365 (1st)

• 2010 census

1,339,724,852 (1st)

• Density

145/km2 (375.5/sq mi) (83rd)

GDP (PPP)

2019 estimate

• Total

$27.331 trillion (1st)

• Per capita

$19,520 (73rd)

GDP (nominal)

2019 estimate

• Total

$14.216 trillion (2nd)

• Per capita

$10,153 (67th)

Gini (2015)

46.2high

HDI (2018)

0.752high · 86th

Currency

Renminbi (yuan; ¥) (CNY)

Time zone

UTC+8 (China Standard Time)

Date format

yyyy-mm-dd

or yyyy年m月d日

(CE; CE-1949)

Driving side

right

Calling code

+86

ISO 3166 code

CN

Internet TLD

.cn

.中國

.中国

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